IT'S a new bar with fringe benefits. Hair salon Miss Coiffure will challenge the traditional notion of hairdressing when it opens in March with a fusion of cocktail bar and beauty salon.

When customers enter the Hindmarsh Square business, in the city, they will be welcomed by a maitre d' who will accompany them to their seat at a slick marble bar at the centre of the salon.

There they will have their hair cut and coloured while enjoying a champagne or a cocktail mixed by trained staff.

Women will also have access to a ticketed cloakroom and will be able to recharge mobile phones at docking stations. Business partner Adam Sadler, who is working with Gritti Palace owner Orlando Farese on the new venture, said it was a first for Adelaide.

"We've been researching salons across Europe and America and we're trying to make something new and fresh for Adelaide," he said.

"We've completely changed the ideology of a normal hair salon.

"In places like the UK, people try to think outside the box to make a business work rather than just hoping they will walk through the door."

The luxe hair treatment costs $170 for a cut and colour, which includes a maximum of two complimentary alcoholic drinks.

Mr Sadler and Mr Farese have applied for a licence to supply alcohol to clients.

Gritti Palace is licensed to provide alcohol, with a number of city venues offering a tipple as part of their service.

Mr Sadler said many salons did not have appropriate licences.

"We're doing things by the book," he said.

A spokeswoman for the Attorney-General's department said there had been a "very small" number of complaints but no convictions for hair salons serving alcohol without a licence.

The fine for a first offence is $20,000, followed by $40,000 for a subsequent offence.